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T. T. WOODWRDl FLUIDOR VAPOR sTovB.

No. 263,007. Patented Aug. 22, 1882.

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` T. TRASK WOODWARD, OF DOATUR, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO WM. L. FUR- GERSON AND ARTHUR E. KINNEY, BOTH OF SAME PLAGE.

FLUID OR VAPOR STOVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 263,007, dated August 22, 188.2.

Application sied october '1c1 1881. (1110.101.)

To allan/icm it may concern:

Be it known that I, T. TRASK WOODWARD, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Decatur, in the county of Macon and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fluid or Vapor Stoves, of which the following isa specification.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvementsin fluid or vapor stoves; and 1o it consists in the novel construction and ar-` rangement of its several parts, the objects of which are to more perfectly iil ter and control the flow of fluid to the generator and to insure a more perfect generation, as hereinafter more fully described. I attain these objects by the device illustrated in the accompanying draw` ings, in whichi Figure l is a side elevation of the burner complete. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical seczo tion, showing its entire interior construction.

Fig. 3 is a top view of the same.` Fig. i represents the removable cap in section.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

y A represents a water-tank surrounding the perpendicular conducting-tube leading from a duid-reservoir above. B is its lower outlet.

C is a common T-pipe. D is a screw-plug. 3o E is a parallel section connected to the coni.-

cal base or generator above the flange, and filled with wire-gauze, which acts as a iiller and not a filter, but simply to occupy space.

F is a solid cone-shaped base or generator having a lower extension, F', and a iiange or platform, f,- also a large circular hole, f', passing up through the center of the cone, which serves as a conductor of the iiame as it rises from thejet ofthe screw-valve G. On one side 4o of the lower extension, F', an enlargement is formed, and a canal, 1'., is formed therein,as shown in Fig. 2, by drilling up into the lower end to a point above the iiangef, and by drilling a hole at right angles thereto above the flange, which meets the perpendicular hole. Into thelower orifice of this canalc'is screwed the jet-valve Gr, and into the upper orifice, above the ange, is screwed the section of pipe E, thus forming a communication between the 5o fluid-reservoir and the jet-valve'G through one side ofthe conical base F. By this manner of conducting the fluid through a canal on one side of the conical base in close proximity to the name-conductorf perfect generation is insured, and hence I deem it proper to call the solid conical base F my generaton H is a valve-screw, which regulates the iiow of gas or vapor through thel jet Gf/as in other J burners of its class. "i

I is a cone-shaped sleeve adapted to pass on 6o over the upper part of the generator F and rest upon the flange or platform f, its lower edge being provided with notches c, as shown in Figs. l and 3,10 admit of the passage of flame. The diameter of this sleeve I is'larger 65 than theconical portion of the generator, thus leaving a space or chamber, i', between them, as shown in Fig. 2. Onto the top of this sleeve I is placed a cap, J, having a hollow coneshaped interior, a tlange,j, and aportion ex- 7o tending below the flange j, provided with notehesj, and channels formed in the under side ofthe liange j, which correspond 'with the notchesj inthelowerportion. An annularrow of small holes or perforations j is made through the side walls of the cap J above the flange) and as close to it as is possible to make them. The upper exterior formation of the cap is immaterial 5 but the interior is provided with an inverted cone/fa. (See Figs. 2 andi/I.) 8o The importance of this inverted cone is ,apparent from the fact that it, being centrally 1o-l cated in the top ofthe cap, occupies a position directly over the dame-conductor f of the generator for the purpose of spreading or ra- S5 diating the flame as it rises through the conductor j', turning its course downward into the chamber t', thus enveloping the conical portion of the generator F as well as that portion of the cond acting-pipe E which joins the 9o generator, as before described.

An oblong slot is let into the lower edge of `the sleeve I to allow it to iitdown over the pipe E and rest upon the platform f of the generator. 9 5

The T-pipe O has a screw-plug,D, inserted into its outer end. Through the center of this plug D is a gage-screw, K, having a dat head or washer, lo, on its inner end.. There is a small chamber in the center of the Tfpipe C, :nog

formed by the end of the pipe E, plug D, and perpendicular conducting-pipe B. The chanr ber thus formed is filled with sponge, wool, or other similar porous material, which serves as a'iilter and may readily be removed or replaced by unscrewing the plug D. The screw K 'serves as a gage for regulating Ithe iiow of iiuid from the reservoir by simply screwing it inward or outward, compressing or relaxing the sponge or wool filter c.

The cap J and sleeve I are simply laid on the generator in the manner before described, and can be readily lifted oft' for the purpose otl cleaning out the conducting-tube and jet below.

The mode of operation will be readily understood and needs no further description.

Having thus fully'described my improvement, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, in a duid or vapor stove, ot' a stand-pipe, B', surrounded near its lower end by a water or cooling tank, A, the T-pipe C, plug D, and compression or gage screw K, provided with disk lc for the purpose ot' compressing t`ne ltering material c, thereby regulating the tlow'of fluid from the reservoir, as speciiied.

2. In combination with the generator Fand conical sleeve I of the cap J, the upper part ot' which is provided with an inverted cone, a, for spreading the iame, the iiangej, adapted to rest upon the sleeve I and support the cap J above the generator, substantially as shown and for the purpose described.

3. The cap J, having a lower extensie adapted to pass down into the top of the sleeve Land provided w ith notchesj, and an exterior rim or tlange,j, having channels on its under side corresponding with said notches to allow the amc to pass out ot' the chamber f', as

specified.

4. ln a Huid or vapor stove, the cap J, havinga continuous circle ofpe1forations,j,above the a-nge j, in combination with the sleeve l, having notches e on its lower edge, and the solid colle-shaped generator F,all arraugedin connection with the conducting-tube E and screw jet-valve G, as and for the purpose herein set forth.

T. TRASK WOODWARD.

Attest: ,M WooDBURN J ENKs,

HENRY MITCHELL. 

